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11-65-30.1
Section 11-65-30.1 Commission greyhound racing days. (a) During each calendar year, a greyhound
racing operator shall be required to designate three racing days ("commission racing
days") on which such operator will conduct a performance or program of greyhound racing
and will pay to the commission the "gross profit" (as hereafter defined in this
section) derived by the operator on such days from greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering
thereon, including the sale of food, drink, programs and other items to the public in attendance
and charges made for parking. In the event that a greyhound racing operator conducts greyhound
racing for only part of a calendar year, one racing day shall be required for each period
of four months or portion thereof in which such operator conducts greyhound racing during
such calendar year. A greyhound racing operator shall be required to designate and conduct
four commission racing days in any calendar year, beginning with the calendar year next...
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11-65-30
Section 11-65-30 Commission wagering fees. (a) Each horse racing operator shall pay to the
treasurer of the commission licensing such operator a commission horse wagering fee for each
calendar year during which it conducts any horse racing events. The amount of the commission
horse wagering fee for an operator for a given calendar year shall be equal to the sum of
(i) two percent of the horse racing handle of such operator for such calendar year to the
extent that such handle does not exceed $150,000,000.00 and (ii) four percent of the portion
of the horse racing handle of such operator for such calendar year that exceeds $150,000,000.00.
Each operator shall make payment of its commission horse wagering fee for each calendar year
to the treasurer of the licensing commission in monthly installments. For each calendar year,
the monthly installment referable to any month (other than the month during which the final
racing event for such calendar year shall be conducted) shall be equal to...
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11-65-32
Section 11-65-32 Televised simulcast programming of racing events. (a) A commission shall have
the power to adopt rules and regulations specifying the conditions under which an operator,
as part of its licensed activity, may cause televised simulcast programming of racing events,
including both horse racing and greyhound racing, held at racetracks located outside the state
to be transmitted for public viewing to a racetrack facility within the sponsoring municipality
which is under the jurisdiction of such commission and there made the subject of pari-mutuel
wagering. Any provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary notwithstanding,
no racing events, including both horse racing and greyhound racing, held at any location in
the state (including a location in the sponsoring municipality) shall be televised to a racing
facility subject to this chapter and made the subject of pari-mutuel wagering at such racing
facility; provided, however, that an operator may use closed...
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11-65-4
Section 11-65-4 Elections required to approve incorporation of commission and conduct of racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon. (a) No commission shall be incorporated for a Class 1 municipality
and no horse racing or greyhound racing or pari-mutuel wagering thereon shall be permitted
in such municipality pursuant to this chapter unless the incorporation of such commission,
together with the conduct of horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or greyhound racing
and pari-mutuel wagering thereon or both such activities, shall have been authorized by an
election held in the host county in which such incorporation and such racing and wagering
activities shall have been approved by both (i) a majority of the votes cast in such election
by voters who reside in the host county (including those voters who reside in the sponsoring
municipality) and (ii) a majority of the votes cast in such election by voters who reside
in the commission municipal jurisdiction. In order to authorize the...
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11-65-23
Section 11-65-23 Permits required for certain individuals and companies. No person, firm, corporation,
or partnership shall participate in any horse racing or greyhound racing subject to the jurisdiction
of a commission or in the conduct of any racing event or pari-mutuel wagering thereon, whether
as a horse owner, greyhound owner, trainer, jockey, exercise boy, groom, stable foreman, kennel
foreman, valet, veterinarian, agent, pari-mutuel employee, concessionaire, or employee thereof,
or as an employee of the operator, or enter the racetrack enclosure for either horse racing
or greyhound racing in any capacity other than as a spectator, unless such person or the firm,
corporation or partnership employing such person possesses a permit therefor from the commission
and complies with the provisions of this chapter and all reasonable rules and regulations
of such commission. No permit issued under this section shall be transferable. The provisions
of this section which require a...
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11-65-14
Section 11-65-14 Commission licenses required for certain activities; conditions relating to
award and use of licenses. (a) No person shall construct or establish a horse racetrack or
racing facility where horse races are to be held and pari-mutuel wagering permitted, or own,
lease, or otherwise have the use and enjoyment of, any such racetrack or racing facility in
the commission municipal jurisdiction unless such person has obtained a horse racing facility
license issued by a commission in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, which license,
when granted or transferred to the holder thereof, shall authorize such holder to construct,
establish, own, lease, or otherwise have the use and enjoyment of, a horse racetrack or racing
facility in the commission municipal jurisdiction where horse races can be lawfully held and
pari-mutuel wagering thereon permitted, all subject to and in compliance with the provisions
of this chapter. (b) No person shall conduct any pari-mutuel...
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11-65-32.1
Section 11-65-32.1 Televised racing and pari-mutuel wagering; pari-mutuel pools and takeout;
construction. (a) Televised Racing Events in Alabama and Pari-Mutuel Wagering Thereon. The
provisions of Section 11-65-32 to the contrary notwithstanding, any person now or hereafter
licensed by a racing commission in a Class 1 municipality (the "commission") to
conduct live horse racing or live greyhound racing and pari-mutuel wagering on either thereof
(the "racing operator") shall have the right, subject to the reasonable regulatory
authority of the commission, (1) to cause live horse racing events and live greyhound racing
events conducted at the racetrack in such Class 1 municipality (the "Class 1 racetrack")
to be transmitted by television to racetracks located elsewhere in the State of Alabama (as
well as to the locations in other states and foreign countries permitted by said Section 11-65-32)
and there made available for public viewing and pari-mutuel wagering thereon and (2) to cause...
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11-65-27
Section 11-65-27 Licenses required for stewards and judges of races; appointment of stewards
and judges. Any person desiring to act as a steward for any horse race conducted by a horse
racing operator licensed by a commission pursuant to this chapter must obtain a steward's
license from such commission. Likewise, any person desiring to act as a judge for any greyhound
race conducted by a greyhound racing operator licensed by a commission pursuant to this chapter
must obtain a judge's license from such commission. Each commission shall require each applicant
for a steward's license or a judge's license, as the case may be, to pass one or more examinations
on matters relating to the duties of stewards or judges. Such examinations shall be prepared
and administered in accordance with rules and regulations to be adopted by the commission.
The commission may establish other requirements, in addition to successful completion of such
examinations, which must be met by any applicant in order...
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11-65-31
Section 11-65-31 Purses for horse races and greyhound races. From the moneys deposited in pari-mutuel
pools for horse races which constitute the "takeout" deducted by a horse racing
operator pursuant to Section 11-65-28(b), each horse racing operator shall apply an amount
equal to seven percent of its total horse racing handle to provide purse moneys for horse
races conducted by such operator. Prior to the commencement of any race meeting, the horse
racing operator conducting such meeting shall estimate the amount of its horse racing handle
to be derived from such meeting. Based upon such estimate, the horse racing operator shall
adopt a schedule providing for a reasonable allocation of purse moneys over the period of
the anticipated race meeting. Any such schedule may be amended from time to time during the
course of a race meeting if it becomes apparent that the operator's actual horse racing handle
for such race meeting will not match its original estimate. Each horse racing...
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11-65-33
Section 11-65-33 Racetrack admission fee. The governing body of a sponsoring municipality may
by ordinance impose a fee on an operator licensed under this chapter to conduct either horse
racing or greyhound racing in an amount equal to $.25 on each person paying for admission
to any daily performance of horse racing or greyhound racing. The operator may collect the
amount of such fee from the ticket purchaser in addition to the amount charged for the ticket
of admission. Persons holding valid permits issued by a commission who are actually employed
at a racing facility under the jurisdiction of such commission and spectators holding complimentary
passes issued by an operator shall be exempt from the admission fee authorized by this section.
(Acts 1984, No. 84-131, p. 159, §33; Acts 1991, No. 91-187, p. 246, §29.)...
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